When I was about 12, I had my first paying gig - 8 dollars to play rhythm guitar in a polka band. Pretty soon, I ended up playing in all the bars within driving distance of Abbott, Texas.
If I sit down with an electric guitar, what's going to come out are Sabbath/Zeppelin type riffs, but if I'm sitting behind a piano late at night, I might write something like 'Desperado.' You're not going to write 'Desperado' between a wall of Marsha...
The money is in a different league these days, of course, but I have special memories of the 60s and 70s which players today don't have. There wasn't the same celebrity attitude and media exposure. We had a bit more freedom.
I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything else about him was brilliant.
At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.
When it came to football there was a certain age where I realized that my future in football was being a grease spot on the side of some bigger player.
I play football, and most football players are camera shy. We just want to be left alone; we just want to stick to what we do.
You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold.
The players in the promotion business today are, by and large, not in it for the art anymore. It's all about how many bucks can you make on a concert.
Any game becomes important when you know and love the players.
It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it.
The best football players in the world still earn very little money compared to people who really earn money.
If the players understand and accept that their leader is steering their direction through thoughtful, careful measures, then they will pull together to give the best effort every time.
Mark my words, Michael Van Gerwen will knock Phil Taylor off his perch one day and be the best darts player on the planet.
Getting a chance to practice six months against my own teammates, who I consider the best soccer players in the world, there's no way I couldn't improve.
I always recommend to any player to always compose their own music. It's one of the best things you can do to find a road to your own style.
What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities.
I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.
I was a sullen kid who smoked cigarettes and wore black every day, and I went to a school that was lacrosse players and Izods.
I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players and singers.
I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.
